Early lessons learned in implementing a women's health educational and virtual consultation program in VA

Medical Care
Kristina M CordascoDonna L Washington

Abstract

Many Veterans Health Administration primary care providers (PCPs) have small female patient caseloads, making it challenging for them to build and maintain their women's health (WH) knowledge and skills. To address this issue, we implemented a longitudinal WH-focused educational and virtual consultation program using televideo conferencing. To perform a formative evaluation of the program's development and implementation. We used mixed methods including participant surveys, semi-structured interviews, stakeholder meeting field notes, and participation logs. We conducted qualitative content analysis for interviews and field notes, and quantitative tabulation for surveys and logs. Veterans Health Administration WH PCPs. In 53 postsession surveys received, 47(89%) agreed with the statement, "The information provided in the session would influence my patient care." Among 18 interviewees, all reported finding the program useful for building and maintaining WH knowledge. All interviewees also reported that sessions being conducted during their lunch hour limited consistent participation. Logs showed that PCPs participated more consistently in the 1 health care system that provided time specifically allocated for this program. Key sta...Continue Reading

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Sep 16, 2017·Journal of General Internal Medicine·Elisheva R DananTimothy J Wilt
Aug 18, 2017·The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions·Jessica L ZuchowskiKristina M Cordasco
Sep 6, 2019·Journal of General Internal Medicine·Ryan K McBainShira H Fischer
Jul 29, 2016·The Journal of Rural Health : Official Journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association·Kristina M CordascoDonna L Washington
May 26, 2018·Translational Behavioral Medicine·Kristina M CordascoElizabeth M Yano
Mar 7, 2019·Journal for Healthcare Quality : Official Publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality·Kristina M CordascoDonna L Washington
Sep 17, 2020·Journal of General Internal Medicine·Lueng Sophia TcheungDonna L Washington
Dec 20, 2018·Women's Health Issues : Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health·Donna L WashingtonKristina M Cordasco
Feb 7, 2019·Women's Health Issues : Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health·Kristina M CordascoDonna L Washington

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